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Sarcinomyces petricola, a new microcolonial fungus from marble in the Mediterranean basin

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A new meristematic black yeast species, Sarcinomyces petricola, is described. All strains known to date were isolated from sun-exposed marble in the Mediterranean basin. On the basis of PCR-ribotyping and nutritional physiology, the species is classified as an anamorph member of the ascomycete family Herpotrichiellaceae (Chaetothyriales).

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Wollenzien, U., de Hoog, G., Krumbein, W. et al. Sarcinomyces petricola, a new microcolonial fungus from marble in the Mediterranean basin. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 71, 281–288 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000157803954

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